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...have in our beautiful town of Juneau. I am presently sitting here in Saigon, Vietnam after a trip through Cambodia, and now realize that there...good lives in Juneau. Keith P. Crocker Presently in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam

...his feet to the cold. Later he served in Vietnam, including a stint as first sergeant in Saigon during the Second Tet Offensive. ``While I was in Saigon, I was an adviser to the regional forces, the home guard,'' said Natkong, who is retired...

...Choo" for RCA Victor. In 1975, President Ford formally declared an end to the Vietnam era. In Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Saigon - the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover. In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories...

...29, at Centennial Hall. Hawaiian singer Johnny Fernandez, who starred as Thuy in the touring version of the play "Miss Saigon," will open. The Filipino Community of Juneau is sponsoring the show. Tickets are $30. "They're amazing," said former...

...on the life of President-elect Herbert Hoover. In 1961, a U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon - the first direct American military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas. In 1991, a jury in...

...his family now lives in the United States. But he will never forget his flight from Vietnam on April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon. Tran stared out the window of his family's downtown home that night. Bombs illuminated the night sky in shades of red and...

...1960s he supported the war in Vietnam while working for the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as a State Department advisor in Saigon, and in the private sector as a strategic analyst at the RAND Corporation.Then in 1969, Ellsberg wrote, his "moral perceptions...

...the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. In 1961, a U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon - the first direct American military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas. In 1981, the U.N...

...forced to increase the conscription of nationals whose morale and loyalty were, at best, suspect. This ultimately led to Saigon's collapse and the resulting iconic image of a hastily retreating helicopter from the roof of the U.S. embassy. Nowadays...

...Darfur region. In the world In 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun. In 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.